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Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) reported over 30 million Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases and around 960,000 deaths as of May 2021. Official tracking data shows that Brazil, Colombia, and Argentina have the highest number of reported cases throughout LAC, which in turn is the region with among...
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Reforms spurred by accession to the European Union (EU) boosted productivity and integrated Romania into the EU …
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The objective of this report is to present a snapshot of the welfare landscape in Djibouti that will help stakeholders understand poverty's determinants. Exploiting data from the 2017 household expenditure survey, as well as administrative and geospatial data, it provides a detailed analysis of...
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This report provides a comprehensive analysis of poverty and inequality in Tanzania and identifies some priority actions if poverty is to be reduced. The analysis is contained in two parts. The first part is based on the results of the Household Budget Surveys (HBSs) for 2017-18, 2007, and...
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3.7 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), mainly due to increased mortality and morbidity and decreased productivity …
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investment and higher productivity. Chapter four makes a case for rebalancing the path of inclusive growth, and presents three … productivity and a lower environmental footprint, and reducing gaps and disparities in access to opportunities. The discussion of …
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In 2020, Brazil was about to face socioeconomic disruptions of historical proportions. The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic has broken several undesirable Brazilian records. First, the pandemic wreaked an enormous direct human toll, sickening millions and causing the death of 195,441 Brazilians in...
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investigates differences in productivity dynamics across economic segments and attempts to derive policy recommendations to improve … the Polish economy's productivity performance. First, the authors estimate firm-level total factor productivity (TFP …), compute labor productivity indices, and analyze the main productivity patterns between 2009 and 2019. Second, the authors …
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prices, and structural degradation of the economy. Kazakhstan's productivity growth has steadily fallen over the past two … decades. Falling within-sector productivity improvements are the driving force behind Kazakhstan's productivity slowdown. The … patterns must be corrected to revive productivity, which is essential for higher economic growth - since higher investment …
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